conquering hero
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You’d probably have to remove a limb or two from Brad Pitt’s Sonny Hayes to make it look like anyone but Brad Pitt has a chance to be the conquering hero here.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Fifty-seven years after escaping the Nostromo, Ripley is found by a salvage crew and returns to Earth a conquering hero.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025
And after his brush with an assassin’s bullet in Pennsylvania in mid-July, he arrived at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee a day later as a conquering hero to his supporters.
From BBC • Nov. 2, 2024
When Australia’s George Miller came here in 2016 to serve as jury president, just months after his “Mad Max: Fury Road” won six Oscars, he swept in like a conquering hero.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2024
He arrived back in Philadelphia a conquering hero and in plenty of time to be selected as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
